I can understand that yes it seems a cushy number in prison. BUT they are away from all the people they know, wife, kids, friends ect... and that really hits you when you are in prison and reminds you that if you get sent down again, you will be without all this again.
But with this STUPID intermitten sentence, the longest you are going to do without this is A WEEKEND, a FULL WEEKEND....oh it must break the poor sod's hearts to be without WIFE, KIDS ect..... for a FULL WEEKEND!!
MY HEART BLEEDS!!!!!!!!!